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<a class="url fn n profile-usercard-hover" href="https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/profile/Jennifer Lee (MSFT)" target="_blank">Jennifer Lee (MSFT)</a>
<time> 10/11/2017 7:58:58 AM</time>
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<div id="content"><h2>Strongly Recommended to Upgrade to PHP 5.6, 7.0, or 7.1</h2>
<span>Because the PHP Group stated that </span><a href="http://php.net/supported-versions.php"><span><span>PHP 5.5 is no longer supported</span></span></a><span><span>, there won’t be any more updates to that version, including security fixes. To avoid the potential for security issues on App Service, <strong>we plan to retire our support of PHP 5.5 in January 2018</strong>. Currently, we support PHP 5.6, 7.0 and 7.1.</span></span>
<span><span>This retirement will impact all customers who are running their Web App on the PHP 5.5 runtime (unless you are using a custom PHP runtime). <strong>We strongly recommend that you upgrade to a supported version of PHP</strong> because your Web App will be auto-moved to PHP 5.6. For more information on how to migrate from PHP 5.5 to another version of PHP, please review the documentation on the </span></span><a href="http://php.net/manual/en/appendices.php"><span><span>Appendices</span></span></a><span><span> webpage on PHP.net. </span></span><span><span> </span></span>
<span><span>Although we’re removing the PHP 5.5 runtime from the platform, we’re aware that some applications are complex and may be tied to a specific PHP runtime version. In order to continue to support your PHP 5.5 applications, it’s possible to remain on PHP 5.5 runtime. For more information, please visit the "How to: Use a custom PHP runtime" section of the </span></span><a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/web-sites-php-configure"><span><span>Configure PHP in Azure App Service Web Apps</span></span></a><span><span> documentation webpage. </span></span>
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